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LOT 1451

Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection

19TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.

1 - 3 in. (176 grams total, 25-77 mm).

Including triangular, leaf-shaped, barbed, paddle-shaped with a flat, comparatively wide mid-rib, and others. [27]

Provenance

Ex London art market, 1980-1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. for similar arrow-points Gorelik, M., Weapons of Ancient East, IV millennium BC-IV century BC, Saint Petersburg, 2003, in Russian, (plate XLIII, nos.26-27, 92-93).

Footnotes

Some of the represented arrowheads (paddle-shaped) were typical of the Old Babylonian Empire. The shoulders were pronounced and the arrowhead had a rectangular-section tapering tang. This simple form was popular throughout and such items are comparatively common finds in the Holy Land.

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LOT 1451

Western Asiatic Bronze Arrowhead Collection

Sold for (Inc. bp): £117

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